Subject: Re: HDD not recognized in Kubuntu 6.10 LiveCD.   
   From: Bernard Mercier    
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   Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:16:13 +0100   
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   q5.20+zxw#FE/, B? Steveski wrote:   
   >> Steveski wrote:   
   >>    
   >>> Bernard Mercier wrote:   
   >>>    
   >>>> Thank you for the info.   
   >>>> You mean that's some jumper on the HDD itself?   
   >>> Yes. The "old" system was to designate one drive as Master and the other   
   >>> drive as Slave on an IDE cable. Most drives these days simply use CS and   
   >>> then it depends on where you, physically, put the drive(s) on the cable -   
   >>> the terminating end being master and the connector in the middle being   
   >>> slave. As always, there's more to it than this but that'll do for the   
   >>> moment :-)   
   >>    
   >> I should have pointed out that the jumpers (MA, SL and CS) are on the back   
   >> of IDE drives (including CD and DVD drives).   
   >>    
   >> --   
   >> Steveski   
   > It should be pointed out that CS only works if you have the correct   
   > cable.  I would think that the jumpers would over-ride the cable, but it   
   > might be that you had the drive jumpered for master and connected to the   
   > slave position of a cable select cable.  Usually cables that come with   
   > motherboards are NOT cable select cables, but those provided by OEM   
   > computer makers (such as Dell, HP, or Gateway) are.   
   > I do not know how to tell the difference between cables but I bet the   
   > cable select type have the connectors marked "master" and "slave" or   
   > "primary" and "secondary" or something like that.   
   Also for sata cables? My HDD is sata.   
      
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